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Kalmykia

American  
[kal-mik-ee-uh, kuhl-mi-kyuh] / kælˈmɪk i ə, kʌlˈmɪ kyə /
Or Kalmykiya

noun

  1. an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Elista.


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It’s known as the “Lonely Poplar”, and it’s located in Kalmykia, Russia.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 21, 2024

To take advantage of this, Hermitage hired disabled people for its companies in Kalmykia.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018

Said Osmanov, 22, from Dagestan, appeared to urinate on the statue, in Russia’s largely Buddhist region of Kalmykia in the country’s south-west, before aiming a high-kick at its face.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2016

Visit Kalmykia: According to the New York Times, Snowden listed his religion as Buddhism after working at a U.S. military base in Japan.

From Time • Aug. 2, 2013

Ilyumzhinov was also the president of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, on the northwest shores of the Caspian Sea.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady